Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has called on the Nigerian Senate to immediately recall suspended Kogi Central lawmaker, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.
In a strongly worded letter to the Senate, judiciary, and citizens, Ezekwesili condemned what she described as the “scandalous misappropriation of public office powers to break laws and breach the nation’s Constitution.”
She urged lawmakers to demonstrate that Nigeria’s commitment to justice, constitutional governance, and the rule of law was genuine and not “mere rhetoric.”
Accusing the National Assembly of embarking on a “misadventure to destroy the rule of law and Nigeria’s democracy,” the former minister charged Nigerians to unify their voices in resisting the continued obstruction of Natasha’s return.
“Six months of this crisis is already too many,” she declared, warning that democracy dies “when laws become weapons and lawmakers become serial lawbreakers.”
Ezekwesili stressed that the Nigerian Constitution remains a binding covenant between government and the people:
- “Article 6 establishes the judiciary as guardian of constitutional rights. Section 4 defines legislative power limits. Section 14 enshrines the rule of law as democracy’s foundation. These are binding obligations, not suggestions.”
She insisted that the Senate’s refusal to reinstate Natasha was not only unlawful but also a dangerous precedent that undermines democratic accountability.
